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Brits scramble for French citizenship

The number of British citizens requesting a French passport jumped by 254 percent last year, to 1,363, compared to 385 in 2015, according to figures from the French interior ministry, revealed by Le Monde. Naturalisation applications are also on the rise this year. Last week, German authorities announced a 360.6-percent increase in the number of Brits getting a German passport.